Officials are probing how a 51-year-old highway bridge came to collapse in the Italian port city of Genoa yesterday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.

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Neither leader will be in Canberra when the department of Treasury and Finance releases its independent Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook (PEFO).

Meanwhile, major car maker Holden will debut its latest imported car as assembly workers in Adelaide vote on a Labor agreement that could spell the end of the company as a local producer.

About 1700 workers in Adelaide will vote on changes to their enterprise agreement that are designed to save the company about $15 million each year.

Without the savings, and without ongoing financial assistance from the federal and state governments, Holden has indicated its local manufacturing operations will close.

Rival Ford on Tuesday will announce a string of new models it plans to sell in Australia.

The company has already announced plans to stop making cars locally by 2016 but president Bob Graziano will make several announcements on its future operations and vehicle line-up in a special event in Sydney.